Ben -
I can't help but think of Tory the whole time I drive the boat back to Morris. Shelton and Blaire are talking about their interests with math and science stuff... I stare straight at the wide open ocean as I drive. I hope Hi takes care of her. Some dance for school is less than two weeks. Tory goes on and on about it. I hate that I left her there with Hi, but I don't trust either of those two bozos to drive my boat. I really want to get back to her and I realize that I'm slowing down, so I speed back up a little and accidentally (okay so not entirely accidental) press the pedal a little too hard. We start zooming across the ocean and I can see the dock so I lift my foot a little. As we near the shore, I slow down the boat and let Shelton and Blaire get off once we're anchored on the dock. They linger there, especially Blaire. It's odd. Eventually, they leave and so do I. I head back to Folly and it rushes past me. I pull the boat up on shore and dont bother being careful as I run to the spot where Tory collapsed. it was scary turning around and seeing her just crumple onto the beach.. Thankfully, she didn't hit her head or anything. But I still worry about her. It's odd, it's not oh no. It's OH NO IS SHE OKAY? WHAT HAPPENED? I start freaking out when she gets hurt. it's like something inside me goes off on a reign of fear and it's hard to get back to normal. I don't know it's not the normal feeling I get when I am flaring. that feels like an electric shock is running all through my body.